Age-dependent business failures in the US construction industry

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 493-503

  Kale, Serdar ^a   Arditi, David ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Business failure; Construction company; Inertia; Learning; Legitimacy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONSTRUCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ADAPTATION; BUSINESS FAILURE; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; INERTIA; LEARNING; LEGITIMACY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

AGE DETERMINATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032780583     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461999371411     Document Type: Article

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